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About Me

They've called us a Rock Band. They've called us a Southern Rock band. They've called us a jam band. They've called us a roots band. Hell, they've even called us a metal band!! There's only one thing you can definitely call us and that's BENJ-O-MATIC!!! My name is Benjy. I sing and play guitar/electric dobro. Scotty is my drummer. He's a human freak. He has a solo show called Clang Quartet that will blow your mind. His myspace page is listed in our friends section. Go see it!!!! NOW!!! Jeff is my bass player. He has vibe oozing from him and does a mean robot. Also does some great impersonations. he will make you wet your pants. We're a power trio from the south, so I guess that's where the Southern thing comes from. I sing with my normal North Carolina accent, so I guess that helps too. Why should I try to sound like I'm from anywhere else?? I don't do the emo whine very well, so don't wait around. If I scream at you, it's cause I'm pissed off, not trying to entertain you. Now that we have that straight, let's talk about what we really do. With drums, bass, electric guitar and electric dobro...we blow the damn house down!! Every night. No questions. Period. You can dance, you can sing, you can head-bang, you could probably even slamdance and start a pit....maybe not simultaneously, but why not? Who do we sound like???? Us I hope?!?! Listen to the songs above and you'll know exactly what we sound like. We love you all!!!

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Member Since: 12/3/2005
Band Website: benjomatic.com
Band Members: Benjy Johnson (guitar, vocals and electric dobro), Jeff Carmichael (bass guitar), Scotty Irving (drums and general insanity)
Influences: Chris Whitley, Ian Moore, Ben Harper, Kiss, jerry douglas, steve vai, george lynch, nuno bettencourt, bela fleck, daniel lanois, emmylou harris, david torn
Sounds Like: A lullaby being run over by a semi in a blinding snowstorm of feedback and delay....
Record Label: me, me and me
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

AWWWWRIIIGGHHHTTT!!!!

the new record is ALMOST finished!! Two more songs left to finish, then we mix then it's on, baby!!! I've been busy producing and finishing mixes for the new Tony Low CD and just started recording/...
Posted by benj-o-matic on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:37:00 PST

Studio updates and new stuff etc!!!

Good vibes all around the benj-o-matic camp!! New songs. A new one called "8 and 80 acres" will be a future show favorite, no doubt. New tracking happening this weekend. We're having such a good t...
Posted by benj-o-matic on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:31:00 PST

abe reid sessions cancelled

yep. ain't it great to be a musician? the sessions at echo mountain have been cancelled. i'm back home after a marathon drive last night. the record will be tracked in nashville saturday.....or so...
Posted by benj-o-matic on Wed, 16 May 2007 05:20:00 PST

abe reid studio blog part 1

hey, yall!! I made it to asheville and we banged out the tunes for about 3 or 4 hours last night. Everyone is playing great and the record will be the best thing abe has ever put out. ...
Posted by benj-o-matic on Tue, 15 May 2007 10:27:00 PST

More NEW studio updates!!!

Well after a month of sickness passed around through the band and families we FINALLY got healed and back in the studio last night together and as always, the tunes started flowing. Got about three m...
Posted by benj-o-matic on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:13:00 PST

NEW benj-o-matic studio log!!

Yep, it's that time of the year. Cold outside, so we'll hunker down in the nice warm studio and write and record a new cd!!! Two tunes have been tracked so far. The first is called "Shoot that pig"...
Posted by benj-o-matic on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:52:00 PST

Flying Anvil....ipod's....the show must go on!!!

Man, the Flying Anvil show was really cool last night!! For those of you not there and for those of you that didn't hear my spot on WQFS wednesday morning, Scotty couldn't make the show. He had a SE...
Posted by benj-o-matic on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 06:20:00 PST

The IPOD is here and loaded for the Nov 15th giveaway!!!!

That's right!!! The iPod is here in my grimey little hands......actually it's at the studio on my desk, BUT it's been loaded up with all the existing benj-o-matic tracks and awaits tracks from the Chu...
Posted by benj-o-matic on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 12:08:00 PST

Tone tone and more tone!!! WARNING: guitar geeks only!

Now for something completely different. If I ever post on this BLOG thing, it's because something has happened, something is going to happen or something didn't happen. Today, it's all about guitars...
Posted by benj-o-matic on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 07:43:00 PST

Festival season is done and scotty's head gash!!!!

Festival season is over for us and we are gonna hunker down and record a new record!!!! We had a sheer blast at all the festivals we played this summer and look forward to bringing the madness of a be...
Posted by benj-o-matic on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 07:30:00 PST